Ethan Nadelman, founder of Drug Policy Alliance (which advocates for marijuana legalization), who now wants to legalize more drugs, which could include opening the door to coca leaf use

David Nutt, UK doctor studying beneficial uses of controlled substances such as marijuana, could find uses of coca leaf - fired from government in 2009 arguing alcohol and tobacco are more harmful than marijuana

Alejandro Ordóñez, chief public prosecutor in Colombia, in 2012 called for a referendum to legalize some drug consumption

Sophia Ostler, U.K. economist, wrote September 2013 report for UK parliament advocating the legalization of coca use

Otto Perez Molina, president of Guatemala - in 2014, proposed not only legalizing marijuana and opium for medical use, but also creating a new agricultural industry growing poppies and marijuana - same arguments apply to coca leaf

The Stepan Company, New Jersey - legally imports coca leaf into the United States, removing the cocaine from the leaves, selling the cocaine to pharmaceutical companies, and selling the cocaine-free leaves to soda companies such as Coca Cola. Stepan's license to do this is
annually reviewed by the U.S. DEA